Las Animas School District

Gun Violence Prevention for Parents & Guardians of K-12 Students:

Another big game in madden 26 today, Max with the win 62-26 against Vista Academy Denver, they were ranked 4th, Max is 5-0 and still ranked 1st in the mountain region!!!!

LASD Staff Spotlight:

Cross Country Regional Results!
Layf Skadberg-17th time of 18:50 (new school record)
Deon Wilson- 66th time of 25:00.04
Isabella Martinez-53rd time of 29:04.7
Lia Cadenas Ayala-54th time of 29:05.3

Great season Cross Country, we are proud of you!💙💙

Trick or Treat Around the football field before the game on Halloween - stay for the game and cheer on the Trojans! 🎃👻

Don’t forget to check out the Scholastic Book Fair tomorrow during conferences or all next week! It is located in the Las Animas Elementary Library and everyone is welcome! 📚

LAES Hot Topics for 10/23

SNAP delays info from CDE:
Due to the federal government shutdown, SNAP benefits for November may be delayed. School meals are still available. If you need additional food before your SNAP benefits are available, there are local resources that can help:

Colorado 211: Call 2-1-1- or 866-760-6489 or visit www.211colorado.org
Feeding Colorado: Visit www.feedingcolorado.org/find-food or email info@feedingcolorado.org
Hunger Free Colorado Food Resource Hotline: 855-855-4626

Spanish:
Debido al cierre del gobierno federal, es posible que se retrasen los beneficios del SNAP para noviembre. Las comidas escolares siguen estando disponibles. Si necesita alimentos adicionales antes de que estén disponibles sus beneficios del SNAP, existen recursos locales que pueden ayudarle:

Colorado 211: Llame al 2-1-1 o al (866) 760-6489, o visite www.211colorado.org
Feeding Colorado: Visite feedingcolorado.org/find-food o envíe un correo electrónico a info@feedingcolorado.org
Hunger Free Colorado Línea directa de recursos alimentarios: (855) 855-4626

Estas organizaciones pueden ponerle en contacto con bancos de alimentos locales, programas de comidas y recursos de emergencia en su comunidad.

Did you know that our district provides both breakfast AND lunch FREE to all students? Breakfast is served at: HS: 7:45 JH: 9:20 LAES 7:30 am JS 8:00 am. and lunch is served: Jr/High 11:42 - 12:50 pm JS/Elem 11:35am-1:15pm
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Menus available at: https://www.la-schools.com/dining

¿Sabías que nuestro distrito ofrece desayuno Y almuerzo? El desayuno se sirve a partir de las: Breakfast is served at: HS: 7:45 JH: 9:20 LAES 7:30 am JS 8:00 am. and lunch is served: Jr/High 11:42 - 12:50 pm JS/Elem 11:35am-1:15pm
Más información: https://www.la-schools.com/dining

In food science they are learningabout the incubation process of a chicken! They have some adorable new “chick-mates” 🐣

Regional Cross Country is this Friday, Oct. 24th! All of the XC athletes will be participating. Izabella Martinez, , Izabell Trujillo, Lia Cadenas, Ayala , Layf Skadberg, James Linenberger, and. Deon Wilson. They are coached by: Mrs. Jenn Pointon and Mr. Anthony Legario. Some excerpts: top 15 athletes will go to state. It is hosted by Rye at the Hollydot Golf Course in Colorado City, Running starts at 11 am and we encourage anyone who can, to come support them. They can watch the finish line live stream at https://www.finishlinetiming.com/livestream and live results are posted at https://www.fltresults.com/
Good Luck Trojans 💙💙

Congratulations Mr. Marlow and his art students! Here are their placings from the harvest Show on Oct. 8. Our 3rd place winners were Elizabeth Gallegos, Orion Martinez, Mariah Duran, Alyssa Japhet, and Brooklynn Phillips. 2nd place winners were Jadann Eck, Emily Nevland, Liliana Magana, Nylah Flores, Nolan Muniz, James Lineneberger, and Sloane Lockhart. 1st place winners were Lilly Lane, Dallee Nichols, Audali Martinez, Mayela Magana, and Myra Craig. The Reserve Grand Champion was Mckinzie Gonzales, and your 1st place Grand Champion winner was Dahlia Lane. We want to wish congratulations to all of the winners.

JumpStart & Elementary Students: Save the Date for a Tea Party with the Cheerleaders!

Las Animas Elementary Students: reminder, come and meet a JH or HS Mentor Thursday after school! We'll watch a Halloween movie, have a snack and do a fun craft you can take home! Come to the cafeteria right after school

Empower Together Mentoring Field trip for JH/HS students to Top Golf in Colorado Springs on Nov. 15 - ( Space is limited - get you permission forms back ASAP if you want to go) Pick up and return permission forms to the High School office by noon on Thursday, Oct 24th - we'll fill the spaces on a first come first serve basis. The original permission form must be filled out and turned in.

Las Animas High School Veterans Day Program - everyone is welcome!

Trick or Tee your family to a custom Las Animas T-shirt! All short sleeve T-shirts are $5 off site wide!! Use code BOO5 at checkout! https://1stplace.sale/16092

Nicholas Duran is the athlete of the week against McClave. Duran had two crucial catches, totaling 31 yards, to put the Trojans in scoring position of friday. Defensively Duran had 3 total tackles, and 1 interception for 37 yards.

Ava LaBarge is the volleyball athlete of the week. She has consistently shown what it means to be a team player as she has stepped into many new roles. Ava always puts the team first. Her leadership and communication on the court help set the tone for success. Keep it up!